Rebecca's Lost Journals, volume 4: My Master
“You aren’t at the house,” he said the instant he answered, not bothering with “hello.”
My heart jackhammered and I didn’t ask how he knew. Probably the security system. I should have thought of that. “No.” I hesitated. “I’m at my apartment.”
The line crackled with electricity. “Why?”
“You aren’t there. I have no reason to be.”
“I want you there. That’s reason enough.”
It used to be enough. And it could be again, so very easily, if he’d just . . . what? I don’t even know. “It...’s almost contract renewal time. I wanted some space to think through what that means to me.”
“What does that mean, Rebecca?”
My chest hurt. “I’ll let you know when I figure it out.”
“Figure it out at home.”
“This is home for me.”
“No.MoreLess
My heart jackhammered and I didn’t ask how he knew. Probably the security system. I should have thought of that. “No.” I hesitated. “I’m at my apartment.”
The line crackled with electricity. “Why?”
“You aren’t there. I have no reason to be.”
“I want you there. That’s reason enough.”
It used to be enough. And it could be again, so very easily, if he’d just . . . what? I don’t even know. “It...’s almost contract renewal time. I wanted some space to think through what that means to me.”
“What does that mean, Rebecca?”
My chest hurt. “I’ll let you know when I figure it out.”
“Figure it out at home.”
“This is home for me.”
“No.MoreLess
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